May 1, 1989 · Civil rights
Death-penalty newspaper advertisements amid Central Park case
Trump purchased full-page newspaper advertisements calling for the return of the death penalty during the Central Park jogger investigation. The five young men convicted in the case were later exonerated. The ads did not explicitly name the five defendants.
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